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Sunday, January 22, 2017

'East' from TeemuL: Soviet 3-Ton Truck

East
is of course of a subjective term, but here in Finland, the Soviet
Union and Russia have been our East Neighbour. So I continue my treks
with the 15mm WW2 Russia vehicles.The
armor bonus got me two votes and some hints. This truck got less
weathering (I'd imagine this truck is using more roads and is trying to
keep out of action, since being a bit cleaner than tanks) and lighter
highlights. In some angles it looks better, in some not. The windshields
were something I never done before, the end result is average. Better
than flat, but not perfect illusion.

The
markings on the doors are bit messy, but better than nothing - giving a
bit character and so on. I used the same color scheme as my T-60 tank
and SU-72M assault gun in order to be able to field them next to each
other, if needed.

My
previous two vehicles for 15mm WWII were Battlefront metal/resin
models, this is a plastic Zvezda. This is really a 1:100 scale model as
you can see from the last picture. There's also an engine under the
hoof. This is much lighter than Battlefront model and has finer details -
looks better, but not may be as durable in the gaming conditions.

May
be it is my untrained eye for 15mm models, but while the truck doesn't
look very nice on my hand, it looks better on these pictures. Might look
even better with more 15mm stuff around it, I need to field all three
(wohoo!) at the same time and see how they look like.

The tarpaulin part is removable, so you can see the inside and have for example troops on board.

As you can see, the model is detailed from the underside as well.

This
is my very last 15mm WW2 (or any 15mm or any WW2) model, so thanks to
the challenge, I have cleaned that project (although I'm thinking about
buying more). Challengewise, this should give me nice 6+50 points and
probably 3 votes. :)